It might surprise you to learn that the bespectacled Benjamin Franklin was once quite the womanizer who fathered an ...

In 1776, Benjamin Franklin hoped to convince France to do just that when the British colonies in America declared their independence from England and were in need of a serious infusion of money ...

This new dramatization of Franklin's most important diplomatic magnum opus is based on Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Stacy Schiff's 2005 book about his eight years in France.

If told with style, humor, or purpose, a factual fish-out-of-water story following Benjamin Franklin and his grandson, Temple (Noah Jupe), could’ve, in theory, proven entertaining and enriching.

When we heard that Michael Douglas was going to play Benjamin Franklin in a new Apple TV+ series, we had our doubts.But after watching the first episode of the series, which depicts the 70-year ...

“Franklin” tells the story of how Benjamin Franklin, best known at the time as an inventor, travels to France in December 1776 on a secret mission. In the American colonies, the British appear ...

New series 'Franklin' focuses on Benjamin Franklin 's risky trip to France to save the American Revolution. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 59°F. Friday, June 27th 2025 ...

When he arrived in France in 1776, Benjamin Franklin had a sort of global fame that’s hard to completely fathom, given a world of slow-traveling news in which “social media” took the form of ...

Franklin was apparently something of a sexual frontiersman, even at the age of 70 when he went off to Paris, but it is no more pleasant watching the 79-year-old Mr. Douglas leer after such ...

Benjamin Franklin (Michael Douglas) struggles to get French support for the American Revolution in Apple TV+'s eight-episode period drama 'Franklin.